Football Preview: Lakeland Hawks vs. Hillcrest Knights
The Lakeland Hawks will venture away from home to challenge the Hillcrest Knights at 6:50 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Lakeland sitting on six straight wins and Hillcrest on three.
Last Friday, Lakeland beat Vallivue 28-21.
Kage (Lovie) Weil continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 154 yards and three touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 129 rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Haydon Benson, who rushed for 63 yards and a touchdown.
Lakeland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 214 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Hillcrest had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Blackfoot 35-7. 35 seems to be a good number for the Knights as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Hillcrest is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 37.7 points per game. As for Lakeland, they pushed their record up to 9-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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